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Condemn the racist Biola Benson demonstrations
Trump revved up supporters Tuesday
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with the defense of his response to
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a white supremacist organized rally in
Virginia is what I said on Saturday we're
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closely following the terrible events
unfolding in Charlottesville Virginia this is
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me speaking we condemn in the strongest
possible terms this egregious display of
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hatred bigotry and violence said speech
speaking on Saturday. Right after the.
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Sun condemning the strongest possible terms
egregious display hatred bigotry and
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violence I'll get you I think you can't
do much better right well at the u.s.
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Presidents rally in
Phoenix However Mr Trump
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a minute the phrase he used his original
comments leveling criticism on both sides
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of the demonstration at the Phoenix rally
President Trump said he is willing to
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risk a budget crisis in order to honor
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a campaign pledge to build what he called
an absolutely necessary wall along the Us
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Mexico border he told the crowd that we
have to close down the government we are
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going to build that wall
this is v.o.a. News the u.s.
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Navy is would leave the commander of the
7th fleet after several commissions
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involving warships including
one Monday that killed 10 u.s.
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Sailors Vice Admiral Joseph all coin was
due to retire in January but his departure
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was moved up after the u.s.s.
John McCain became the 2nd u.s.
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Guided missile destroyer to collide with
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a commercial vessel in this many months
that may be revealed Tuesday but divers had
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recovered human remains from the ship
which suffered significant damage u.s.
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Investigators are trying to determine
what led to the collision with
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a Liberian tanker ship near the Strait of
Malacca near Singapore Navy photo showing
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gaping hole below the waterline on the
destroyers port side some sleeping areas and
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communication rooms flooded as
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a result. Officials in Yemen say the
Saudi led coalition has carried out air
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strikes hitting
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a small hotel near the capital of Sana and
killing dozens of Shiite who the rebels
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and civilians you Associate Press quotes
the officials as saying an estimated
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number of 60 people have been killed in
the strikes Wednesday morning it was not
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immediately clear why the coalition jets
targeted the hotel which is located in our
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hobby about 35 kilometers or 22 miles north
of Santa aid agencies are warning that
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thousands of Iraqi civilians trapped in
the Islamic state controlled city of Tal
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Afar faced great danger as they try to
flee escalating the fighting. No one knows
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how many civilians remain in Tal Afar
humanitarian agencies have been unable to
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enter this or Rocky city since Islamic
state militants captured it in 2014
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however the agencies estimate the city's
pre-contract population stands at around
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200000 the United Nations reports more
than 30000 people have fled Tal Afar
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district since April with thousands more
remaining behind un refugee spokesman
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Andrea my head Church says people leaving
telephone are walking long distances to
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reach safety without food or water at times
up to 20 hours and in scorching heat
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may head to warns Iraqi civilians inside
Tal Afar are likely to be held as human
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shields by ISIS militants and those who
attempt to flee could be shot Lisa shrine
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for v.o.a.
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News Geneva Pakistan's military chief
reacted strongly today to President Donald
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Trump's accusations that Islamabad takes
billions of dollars in aid money from
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Washington when it helps militants
plotting deadly terrorist attacks against
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American troops in Afghanistan General
Qamar. Told the us Ambassador in
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a meeting of Pakistan army headquarters
in Rawalpindi we're not looking for any
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material or financial assistance from the
USA That's the latest world news from oh
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a. This
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is Africa news tonight
on The Voice of America.
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Good evening and welcome to Africa news
tonight from the English to Africa Service
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of the Voice of America your source for Pan
African news and world developments. In
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Washington and. Coming up on Africa news
tonight Angolans cast ballots when the
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1st election. In decades that doesn't
include long term president has
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a Eduardo to shun to push the ruling party
is widely projected to maintain power
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but some voters have made clear that they
are casting ballots for change that's be
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a ways and he took
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a little reporting from the one Details
next Also there's more concern today about
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the health of the Nigerian president Mohamed
Jubal Hari we'll have these stories
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and much more ahead on
Africa news tonight.
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Our top story Angolans cast ballots today
in the 1st election in decades that
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doesn't include longtime president Josey
Eduardo do Santos the ruling party as
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widely projected to maintain power but some
voters have made clear they are casting
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ballots for change the always a need
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a power reports from Lawanda on Wednesday
angle is retiring president did something
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he hasn't done in decades he voted for
someone else just after 9 am local time
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president has a Eduardo to
Shanteau shuffled slowly into
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a side entrance of the
wonders polling station 1047
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a law school named after the nation's
1st President Bush took the reins after
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Augustine yetto died in 1979 after the
shunters cast his ballot he and his
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entourage slowly walked out he did not
speak to the press and ignored question
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about whom he voted for but to Chontosh
previously made his choice clear.
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I am here he told this massive crowd
during the final pre-election rally of the
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ruling People's Movement for the liberation
of Angola to support our candidate and
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it's likely his chosen successor defense
ministers or Enzo will prevail the m.p.l.
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Is predicted to win this legislative election
its top candidate Lorenzo would then
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become president the next
president will inherit
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a country dependent on oil import. It's
and beset by high unemployment and
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inflation so dire that the black market
exchange rate for dollars is double the
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official rate. Has repeatedly been accused
of flagrant corruption and his children
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run several powerful state enterprises
Meanwhile the majority of Angolans live in
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poverty without basic services anger of
this inequality propelled Angolans to
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action including 42 year old s.
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But on sufferance the school
Domingo's was an open letter. That
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a signal for today is my 1st time voting
because I was never interested in voting
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and I never knew the value of voting she
said and today I voted for change I voted
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for change because everybody says that we
have to vote for change we have to vote
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for change and let's see as time goes by
if our lives change because we don't see
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any change and we are suffering others
like 62 year old Maria Bob and Shura were
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more optimistic as they cast
their ballot. Many years but
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a bit but I think there are better prospects
she said adding it seems that there
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will be more transparency voters say they're
also seeking an end to the high levels
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of perceived corruption 65 year old Adolphus
condemned the doe Chontosh family's
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lavish lifestyle. In years was
going to well get his son bought
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a $5000.00 watch in London he said and those
of us who fought for the country what
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do we have nothing. The 6 political parties
have discussed the economy at length
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with Lorenzo promising to diversify the
economy and the leading opposition you need
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to party pledging to crack down on corruption
and welcome foreign investment from
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any angle and however this lecture is also
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a novel opportunity to do with the
president it boat for someone new so.
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It is an ambitious selection said 55 year
old. Adding that he is honored to vote in
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his country officials have said Results are
expected the day after the election and
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here Paul vi news Wanda and.
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Kenyan election officials have submitted
about $54000.00 documents to the Supreme
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Court saying the country will know
the whole truth about the August 8th
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presidential election Reuters reports the
independent electorate and Boundaries
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Commission was responding to
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a legal challenge to the results by an
opposition coalition the court will hold
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a pretrial hearing Saturday to lay out
how the case will proceed the court has
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until the end of the month to decide whether
the elections what free and fair the
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opposition wants that
is overturned and for
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a new election to be held if the court
rejects their appeal President Kenyatta will
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be sworn in for another
term on September 12th.
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There is more concern today about the
health of Nigerian president Mohamed Juba
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Hari a.f.p.
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Reports Bihari cancel today's weekly
cabinet meeting it would have been his 1st
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such meeting after returning to Nigeria
Saturday he had spent more than 100 days in
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London for treatment of an undisclosed
medical condition yesterday it was announced
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that President Bush Hari would work from
home. Because his office had been infested
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with rodents join his absence.
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Egypt's president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has
met with an American delegation shortly
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after Egypt's foreign ministry canceled
its meeting with the group the Associated
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Press says the foreign ministry move is
seen as criticism for Trump administration
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decision to cut or delay hundreds of
millions of dollars in aid over human rights
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issues it described the decision as
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a misjudgment of the nature of the strategic
relations that have been on the 2
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countries for decades the u.s.
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Delegation is led by Trump's son
in law Jared cushion or who is
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a close adviser to the president cushion
or has been given the job of trying to
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revive Israeli Palestinian peace
talks Egypt receives about one and
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a half 1000000000 dollars in military
and economic aid from the u.s.
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Annually.
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At least half
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a dozen schools and cameras English speaking
regions have been bombed in the past
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week it is the latest sign of deepening
tensions as the strike in those regions
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enters its 10th month Moki Edwin Kenza
gov aport from now on Day country not.
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Speaking. Have thanked its
calls for the creation of
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a self defense believe that. Karen and
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I get in the mend after that school
comprehensive high school was set up
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a place. Some said it is no
longer safe for that ship. The
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burnings have continued residents say
schools are being targeted for failing to
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respect the call to strike until all angle
for an activist released from detention
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messages 2nd letting on social media this
month's have called for businesses to
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close 3 out of every 5 working
days we're frightened on is
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a government official in charge of basic
education for the North West the forces of
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no cannot be. There for good instead we
have been thanks them to form vigilante
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groups in this group so they tend to seek
you'll do business with us and in places
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when you can afford it in light of the place
some of these things happen because of
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. You lot of ensconcing markets and
government buildings have also been targeted
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this year and they were also west and south
west no one has claimed responsibility
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the government has condemned the vandalism
and blamed it on many times separatist
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groups come room government spokesperson
is such a rumor told v.o.a.
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Police discovered
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a cache of weapons and of bomb making
factory in then also western town of Bangui
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and that this month. He said 7
people were arrested including
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a camera man bong Badger national who had
smoking its way into the country through
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Nigeria he admitted to be
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a member of the Zune here and
the leader of the armed wing
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of the liberation movement of some of the
committee room I'm buzz only on is the
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name proposed by separatist activist for
the nation that would create at least 60
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people are arrested in connection with
this strike has been answering charges of
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attempting to destabilize the country and
cost votes before immediately caught in
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the capital
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a black and white video released online
in early August of 12 strike detainees in
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what appears to be
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a dark underground Prince and has for
that raised tensions. The government has
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declined to comment on the video but the
footage has been shared white the on
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social media in Cameroon in it this
speaker has compared the conditions of
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detention to concentration comes but said
they will gladly die if need be for the
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cause of independence for the 2 on the
phone regions this statement shows the
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separatist agenda has echoed lives original
strike as demands calls for the farm by
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anger phone teachers and lawyers to
address what they said was they have
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a bearing use of the French in the nation's
education and legal systems Cameroon is
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officially
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a bilingual country with anger phones about
20 percent of the country's 23000000
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inhabitants valent strike related
unrest in December couple imagine
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separatist rhetoric prompted
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a government crackdown strike leaders then
broke off dialogue with the government
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to resolve the crisis until all those
arrested are released. If I'm on long make up
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from the north west of region Paulina's
Joya says that luck is needed to come up
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with
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a lot of us of something. Special
wonderful coming. Last something
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file dialog can call sick children
dialogue that's all the thing about the.
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President's part b.s.
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Announced some reforms in
response to the strike like
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a new common law section of the Supreme
Court but I said it would engage in no
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dialogue that threatens
national unity Malky. For v
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o
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n news Yeah I wonder. Chad has
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ordered Carter's embassy in Jimmy now
closed accusing Qatar of trying to take to
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destabilize the country they appear reports
the embassy staff has been given 10
00:16:20
days to leave the country Chad Mauritania
and Senegal old wood drew their
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ambassadors from Carter in June they
accused the Doha government of supporting
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extremist groups.
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You're listening to Africa news tonight
live on the following frequencies 155806080
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killer heard sound of Voice of
America I'm Kim Lewis in Washington.
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17 past the hour here's
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a recap of our top stories in their 1st
election in decades on Golden's cast the
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ballots today to elect
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a new president there's more concern today
about the health of Nigerian president
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Mohammad Dubow Hadi and dozens of schools
in Cameroon to English speaking region
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suburban as tensions in those areas grow
and for more news and information visit
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our website at v.o.a.
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Africa dot com. At least 8
00:17:30
people are reported dead and dozens injured
in Guinea after heavy rains caused
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a giant pile of rubbish to collapse
and sweep over 3 nearby homes a.f.p.
00:17:40
Reports the landslide of trash happened
on the outskirts of Conakry and Hamdullah
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after
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a week of heavy rains officials say many
people remained buried as rescue workers
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continue to dig. In said
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audio on aid workers are offering psychological
support to survivors of last week's
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a much slide in Freetown more than $500.00
people were killed including more than
00:18:08
$100.00 children the death toll is
expected to write since hundreds of people
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remain missing but only to a coach
Unicef official James Craig a saying
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a lot of children who
survived have been through
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a very traumatic experience and not a c.v.
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Psycho social support heavy rains caused
part of Mt Sugarloaf to give away on
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August 14th and the middle of the night
at least 3000 people are homeless most of
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the deaths and damage occurred in
Freetown at Regent neighborhood.
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Meanwhile in the d.r.
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See the death toll from last
week's. Landslide that struck
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a fishing village is expected to rise
above 200 Reuters reports the estimate is
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based on the number of homes that were
buried heavy rains triggered the landslide
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that swept over the village of Torah
in it Tory province in north eastern d
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r c The acting governor of the province
believes mostly adults were killed because
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it was a fisherman's camp he says
most of the victims children were in
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a nearby village when
the tragedy occurred.
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As many as 200 migrants were involved in
5 mass brawls near the northern French
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court city of color
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a this week French authorities say the
violence occurred between Afghans Ethiopians
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and Eritreans who used to sticks and iron
bars against each other $21.00 migrants
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and 6 riot police were injured the
violence is part of escalating tension and
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France and other European countries as
migrants and refugees fear their welcome mat
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is slowly being pulled from under them
reporter Catherine Field is following this
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story as well as other my current developments
and provides us with updates. It's
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being 2 days this week we have had very
large clashes between sometimes several 100
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migrants most of them seem to have been on
with clubs or batons against Ethiopians
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in
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a trance and generally seems to always have
come about when it's been areas around
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the distribution of food this is been
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a big problem in the Kelly region since
they closed down the so-called Kelly jungle
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and up to 2016 there's been no one place
no regular place for these migrants to go
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for food or even just the showers
also get water so you've got
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a lot of tensions there that as one sort
of soup kitchen or food distribution point
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I can tell you people will crowd it
because they don't know if they do with
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tomorrow or if it will even be able to stay
there to distribute the food so there's
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a lot of tension the police have
arrested 5 people who lay believe on the
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ringleaders but sadly it's just another
indication of how there is this dreadful
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feeling among the migrants who then said
Let's see this and the welcome mat really
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isn't out for them in Europe anymore so
at this point then what do you think will
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be the next step for them it's very
difficult for them because on the one hand
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you've got the European Union who's trying
to get all the countries across Europe
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to taken some migrants have done a sort of
00:21:18
a round robin letter to all the countries
saying look tell us how many you can take
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and we will compensate you for each My
could you take but no whole European
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countries are prepared to take in
migrants particularly some of the Eastern
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European countries the very opposed to
this here in France there are tens of
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thousands of migrants sort of floating
around some of them being housed in schools
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and gymnasiums and university complexes and
their paperwork is chugging through but
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the problem is going to come when the 1st
because the temple when everyone goes
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back to school universities will reopen
after the summer break primary schools high
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schools will reopen and they've all said
they want their properties back so there.
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French government within the next week 10
days they've got to find new places to
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house tens of thousands of migrants all
within that period of time process their
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application for asylum does this include
the $7000.00 migrants that were at the
00:22:15
camp and that were removed and this is
being the big problem those 7000 that were
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moved in October 2016 they're complaining
that their paperwork isn't going through
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we're getting the same complaint from the
more than $10000.00 that have been moved
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out of the Northern Tyrus of the law Schapelle
where they have been gathering over
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the last year that so many have been taken
in to some sort of shelter but they keep
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saying the paperwork isn't being processed
so they coming back to Paris and say
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well we might as well stick with our friends
or just sort of coal league or even
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people traffickers to find out is there
some way of either getting to Germany or to
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get into the United Kingdom I
understand that you recently visited
00:22:58
a soup kitchen what was it like what were
the migrants saying there there's not
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really just to now because they just how
much longer people are still going to be
00:23:08
giving out food they don't know how much
time before police will just round them up
00:23:12
and put them somewhere no one knows where
they will go from where to go back to
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Afghanistan and
00:23:18
a coming back to Europe because it's just
not safe things are going well for the
00:23:22
and they've got to find
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a place to get their head down before the
whole situation the whole attitude to
00:23:28
migrants needing help in Europe
whether it be to get help with
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a new life here or to help get them
resettled back home as the French president
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Emmanuel McElhone has said send them back
Sorry but also send them back home with
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some sort of job possibility job training
something back home for them. That was
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reporter Catherine fields
speaking to us from Paris.
00:23:55
In South Africa controversial online
auction got underway today to sell
00:24:00
a rhino horn. Reports the horns
will be sold over the next 3 days
00:24:06
a move that conservationists say will only
encourage poaching the horns come from
00:24:12
the world's largest I know farm north of
Johannesburg where 1500 of the animals
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live on Org owner John Hume wants
to sell 264 horns weighing 500
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kilograms of the more than 6 tons so for
an old horns he has stockpiled he says he
00:24:31
removes the horns after tranquilizing
the animals saying it is
00:24:35
a humane and keeps poachers away and the
Humane Society is calling on the South
00:24:41
African government not to issue
permits to potential horn buyers.
00:24:50
U.s.
00:24:51
President Donald Trump blame the media for
much of the controversy surrounding his
00:24:55
presidency in
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a speech to supporters in Phoenix Arizona
last night Michael Sullivan reports that
00:25:01
the president also reaffirmed his
political agenda after visiting u.s.
00:25:06
Marines and Customs and Border Protection
agents in the border town of Yuma
00:25:12
truffles in campaign mode in Phoenix this
evening joined together with friends we
00:25:19
reaffirm our shared customs traditions
and values. Trump has been widely
00:25:25
criticized for saying many sides were to
blame for the hatred and violence after
00:25:31
a white supremacist in Charlottesville
Virginia rammed his car into
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a crowd of counter protesters
on August 12th the man killed
00:25:39
a woman and injured 1000 other people
tropics the media of so much to report
00:25:46
just like they don't want to report. That
I spoke out forcefully against hatred
00:25:53
bigotry and violence and strongly condemn
the neo nazis the white supremacist and
00:25:59
the k.k.k.
00:26:01
His comments after the Charlottesville
sparked protests and other who I should say
00:26:05
the protestors were on the streets in
Phoenix Tuesday night America's got nothing
00:26:10
done only wants to do was click his
political opponents and Pastor
00:26:17
Mike
00:26:18
a proud we're still trump supporters were
also on the street I support the right to
00:26:24
free speech I support our president everything
he saw support our constitution and
00:26:30
that's why my head is Trump threatened
00:26:32
a government shutdown if Congress doesn't
fund the border wall and said his tough
00:26:37
talk on North Korea is affected
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Young in Washington thanks for tuning
in this evening well. The sunny
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00:29:42
Friends we can all this into the sunny side
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Sports right here on The Voice of America.
00:30:01
And. It's been
00:30:08
a roller coaster of
00:30:09
a day for us trading week.
And on this special
00:30:16
m.j. Who have been such
00:30:17
a big part of our team and our success in
our company culture as leaders of arcade
00:30:23
very very difficult at the same time
00:30:26
a very exciting time for one of the
players in the league going to be
00:30:30
a champion champion turned off far and
how many issues ahead of him just
00:30:37
25 years old looking forward to the
opportunity to working with. And getting in
00:30:43
here at the c.n.n.
00:30:44
Help to get it for him that's Danny Ainge
president of basketball operations for
00:30:49
the Boston Celtics talking about his club's
big trade with the Cleveland Cavaliers
00:30:56
as Ainge said the Celtics dealt all star
point guard Isaiah Thomas forward Jake
00:31:02
Crowder and Croatian center on tazes it's
to the Cavaliers to get another all star
00:31:09
point guard Kyrie Irving Kyrie requested
00:31:13
a trade last month in addition
the Celtics also gave up
00:31:18
a 1st round pick in the 2018 n.b.a.
00:31:21
Draft to acquire Kyrie
Irving the 2012 n.b.a.
00:31:27
Rookie of the year and
a 4 time all star in
00:31:31
a teleconference with basketball writers
and reporters and Ainge talked about the
00:31:37
timeline involved in making the tour
00:31:39
a it presented itself and what if bailable
earlier cover the same opportunity.
00:31:47
To very difficult decisions as you could
imagine. We face these difficult decisions
00:31:52
but all kinds during the year you never
know when the being made present itself but
00:31:56
it up Ok to be her president help you
to know it is a high price tag Here's
00:32:01
a great value we're giving you we love
life and love your counter and we're just
00:32:07
getting to know one piece is it your We've
watched nurtured over the last year and
00:32:12
given up a quality 1st round but you know
acquiring a 25 year old pretty off guard
00:32:18
a player for her kind of
life for our Here here's
00:32:22
a fantastic up the players money that's
helping the players in the leak you have to
00:32:26
pay a heavy price as Danny Ainge says
that heavy price includes giving up
00:32:32
a player he loves Isaiah Thomas you know
I think had just been an amazing season
00:32:39
this year you know came to us all that
well if you bought and everybody fell in
00:32:42
love with him you know you mentioned underdog
because of the size and his heart it
00:32:48
appeared with the plays and it was very
challenging to make Danny Ainge in the
00:32:55
Celtics lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers 4
games to one less than 3 months ago in
00:33:02
the N.B.A.'s Eastern Conference Finals
the Cavaliers then went on to the n.b.a.
00:33:07
Finals where they lost 4 games to one to
the Golden State Warriors the new look
00:33:13
Celtics then the new look Cavaliers will
renew their rivalry on October 17th in
00:33:20
Cleveland where the Cavs will host the
Celtics in the season opener for both clubs
00:33:27
it should be fun watching Kyrie Irving and
Isaiah Thomas play against each other
00:33:33
but this time around in new uniform.
00:33:42
That.
00:33:50
This is your memory I'm from Africa I'm not
your kills thousands of children every
00:33:57
day don't let your child be warm up
there mad sure this sleep on the most
00:34:02
rudimentary heating mom is like when her
boss careful you need to get to the net.
00:34:14
You know what else I would do that somebody
wants to. Know the face they start
00:34:21
fighting and I think you know I
think it's number 50 but that's
00:34:25
a great that's. Something. That's Floyd
Mayweather happy for the fans and
00:34:31
thanking the fans outside t.
00:34:34
Mobile arena in Las Vegas Nevada that's
where the unbeaten 40 year old Mayweather
00:34:41
will take on Irish mixed martial arts
specialist Conor McGregor on Saturday night
00:34:48
in Perth PAP's the year's biggest fight
critics have called Mayweather versus
00:34:53
McGregor more spectacle than an actual
boxing match Mayweather one of the greatest
00:35:00
boxers of all time has also been called
perhaps the best de fence of fighter of all
00:35:07
time some are wondering whether
Conor McGregor can even land
00:35:12
a clean punch in his Pro Boxing Day bew
McGregor doesn't seem fazed though
00:35:19
he told the fans outside t.
00:35:21
Mobile arena that he'll take out Mayweather
quickly I believe to be unconscious
00:35:27
inside one round of inflation
my haul and life so just in
00:35:32
a day for me and another day and I definitely
have already built one of the books
00:35:36
the faces above and I will Panetta I
always 26 on or McGregor has adjusted his
00:35:42
training to prepare for his 1st official
pro boxing bout McGregor is used to
00:35:48
55 minute. Rounds and mixed martial arts
fights or 25 minutes total on Saturday
00:35:54
night in Las Vegas McGregor must be
prepared to box 123 minute rounds
00:36:01
36 total minutes only 2 of
McGregor's $24.00 m.m.a.
00:36:06
Fights have lasted beyond the 2nd round
and only one has gone the full 5
00:36:13
so McGregor has focused
00:36:15
a lot of his training on conditioning
sparring up to 12 full rounds at
00:36:21
a time in McGregor's words I
feel absolutely amazing we are
00:36:27
prepared for every possible outcome. For
his part Floyd Mayweather last fought
00:36:34
almost 2 years ago
00:36:37
a 12 round unanimous decision victory
against Andre Baird to go Mayweather versus
00:36:43
McGregor Saturday night in Las Vegas.
00:37:14
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the morning chef serving up
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00:38:57
a couple of photos taken when I
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00:39:04
shows me and my late great colleague hot
rod Thomas sitting at our dining table in
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the capital Accra getting ready to partake
of some smoked backed Yes indeed eat it
00:39:17
up smoke back and the other shows some guy
name and youth soccer players holding
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a sunny side
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a sports banner in Kumasi friends we can
all this into the sunny side of sports Yes
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my friends. That run I mean.
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I mean that family.
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something very different motor sport the
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a chance to drive
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father
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a thing that's bad she says was
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a decimal cotton circuits I've been labeled
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my annual return that will finals and
things like that when they see me they're
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like yeah she's here but she's
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a crazy one that's cool despite floods has
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guy in front of me and I landed on my hand
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a few special places to drive it I think
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really like the country the track the food
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are awesome Italy is another one because
their competition is really stiff there
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and on only or is Monaco in race where the
most competition is because to be the
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best you have to beat the paste eager to
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his friend Josh Lou isn't to be out Doug
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my friend Dame Kay responded there knowing
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practice she says everywhere she goes
people also how she feels without the reply
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if you go to school but
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buddy joining us once again on the sunny
side as sports as Andrew Powell cesky the
00:47:00
Vo ways social media reporter sporty Greetings
Andrew sporty reading Sunny going to
00:47:05
be here with you welcome back Andrew what's
trending on this Wednesday Well the big
00:47:10
talk you mentioned earlier in the show the
big trade sending Isaiah Thomas from the
00:47:15
Boston Celtics to the Cleveland Cavaliers
sitting Kyrie Irving from the Cavs up to
00:47:20
Boston lots of player reaction on social
media Dwight Howard called it the hash tag
00:47:26
game changer deal this is giving him the
do that many people say it deserves to win
00:47:31
wait I like what he tweeted out
it was just to him oh gee have
00:47:34
a set of bulging eyes like can you believe
what we're seeing here look at this but
00:47:38
the question on many people's minds on
social media what does Le Bron James think
00:47:43
of this because of course Le Bron James
and Kyrie Irving have had a little bit of
00:47:46
a back and forth between those 2 Well
Le Bron reach we had a video where
00:47:50
a Cleveland fan has Kyrie Irving his jersey
on the ground it looks like he's about
00:47:56
to drop
00:47:56
a match on the Jersey to set it on fire
as we've seen before when players get
00:48:00
traded fans get upset they like the
jerseys on fire but instead of dropping
00:48:04
a match Sunny he drops
00:48:05
a piece of paper that says thank you so
much little bit of deception in this video
00:48:10
Kristie but it seems to be the sentiment
from Cleveland fans are very happy of
00:48:14
course Kyrie helped to get them that
championship with Le Bron So this video said
00:48:18
thank you very much Le Bron retreated this
video and he said that's the only way to
00:48:22
be to the kid special talent slash
guy nothing but respect and what
00:48:27
a ride it was our 3 years together so despite
that animosity that we. Talked about
00:48:32
Le Bron is wishing him nothing but the
best as he moves on to Boston maybe he's
00:48:35
happy to see him go then you know why but
00:48:38
a lot of people pointing out Le Bron could
not have won the championship alone
00:48:42
Kyrie certainly played a
role so I think Le Bron owes
00:48:45
a debt of gratitude to Kyrie Irving there
and as we talk about this trade all the
00:48:49
winners of which there are
many both sides seem to get
00:48:52
a pretty good deal out of this trade
there is one big loser n.b.a.
00:48:57
2 k 18 the video game they just released
their cover earlier this month featuring
00:49:03
Kyrie Irving in his Cleveland Cavaliers
uniform on the cover of that video game so
00:49:08
that makes him the big loser
in the straights only about
00:49:10
a month until that video game is officially
released so fans are saying is it too
00:49:13
late to change it you might
want to swap that out for
00:49:15
a Celtics uniform note Sunny this is not
the 1st time this has happened though
00:49:19
football Great Britain far appeared on the
cover of Madden football game in 2009
00:49:24
wearing
00:49:24
a Green Bay Packer Jersey right before he
was traded to the New York Jets so this
00:49:29
has happened before in that
case they actually sent out
00:49:31
a downloadable link you could print out
00:49:33
a new cover I don't know if they're
going to do that for this n.b.a.
00:49:36
2 k 2. And Andrew our view
00:49:39
a basketball fan should mark their calendars
for October 17th when the Cleveland
00:49:44
Cavaliers host none other than the Boston
Celtics in the season opening game for
00:49:51
both clubs that should be
00:49:53
a lot of attention surrounding that you
know they'll be some trending hashtags
00:49:56
around that are sure what else is trending
Andrew Well we talked about this big
00:50:00
n.b.a. Trade there was
00:50:02
a big trade that didn't happen with the
Barcelona Barcelona announced on their
00:50:07
Twitter and Facebook that they had
acquired and held to Maria from Paris and
00:50:11
Jermaine The only problem with this Sunny
was that the messages weren't from the
00:50:14
club but they were from hackers alone and
had their accounts hacked so they quickly
00:50:20
had to issue
00:50:20
a statement saying that their accounts had
been compromised and in fact no there
00:50:24
was no trade for and held the Maria
but fans are looking at that getting
00:50:29
a lot of attention from fans and
00:50:30
a lot of people saying. Just goes to show
that you can't always believe what you
00:50:34
see on social media however these next 2
stories you can believe even though they
00:50:39
are a little out there and
we start with e.s.p.n.
00:50:43
The broadcaster here in the us and a
journalist that works for e.s.p.n.
00:50:47
Named Robert Levy covers football games
from the University of Virginia and of
00:50:52
course we've talked about the University
of Virginia in Charlottesville Virginia
00:50:55
where there's been a lot of
racial unrest here in the u.s.
00:50:58
Well yes been announced that they are pulling
Robert Lee from the games because he
00:51:01
has the same name as Robert e.
00:51:04
Lee who was the general who led the Confederate
army during the American Civil War
00:51:08
and fought to preserve slavery they said
that they didn't want Robert Lee the
00:51:13
journalist to become a
meme around Robert e.
00:51:15
Lee the Civil War general fans generally
think this is ridiculous maybe
00:51:21
overreaction on e.s.p.n.
00:51:23
Sport that's one of the big words we're
seeing overreaction some words we can't
00:51:27
publish on earth speak on air and
publish on social media e.s.p.n.
00:51:32
One person said hates racism so much that
they're punishing an Asian man for having
00:51:36
an Asian last name so their efforts try
to not be racist actually and making it
00:51:42
kind of racist so e.s.p.n.
00:51:44
Did issue
00:51:44
a statement saying that seemed like the
right decision at the time but wasn't
00:51:47
a great one but speaking of great decision
Sunny we talk about the intersection of
00:51:53
sports and social media but it went to
00:51:56
a whole new level recently when Blanik
town football club not necessarily
00:52:01
a football club that everybody would know
the name of they're playing in England's
00:52:05
f.a. Cup They had to sub in
someone in the last 10 minutes
00:52:09
a game and they looked on the bench and
who did they sub in their social media
00:52:13
manager to play against North. This
guy was actually in tweeting the game
00:52:20
live tweeting out updates
and they had put out
00:52:22
a tweet that said well we're not going to
be updating this for the next 10 minutes
00:52:26
because we have to send in our social
media manager he laced up as boots and he
00:52:28
went in did he have
00:52:29
a hash tag on his shirt. Now you did
never seem to sure but he did apparently
00:52:34
according to one article I read he was ran
into the game he saw this phone in his
00:52:37
hand they had to be reminded to leave the
phone at the bench but people saying this
00:52:41
is the dream of course when you get called
up from the bench you're just there
00:52:44
tweeting are you the equipment manager or
something and say you get in the game and
00:52:48
this is what happened for this gentleman
neg out to play in the game but
00:52:51
a pretty cool stuff getting them
00:52:53
a lot of attention on social
media Andrew we have the u.s.
00:52:56
Open beginning on August 28th
and I understand you have
00:53:00
a programming note for our v.o.a.
00:53:02
Listeners Yeah
00:53:03
a friend of the show getting Nathan of
Deadspin he and I talked about the men's and
00:53:08
women's field coming up for the u.s.
00:53:10
Open a little bit of
00:53:11
a preview some of the names to watch some
of the big names that are out of the
00:53:14
tournament and maybe some potential
wildcards that could make
00:53:18
a deep run into the tournament maybe win
the whole thing and I know you're going to
00:53:22
air that over the next couple days so I
look forward to hearing that on the show
00:53:25
tomorrow and Friday we look forward to
hearing that Andrew Andrew pal just the
00:53:30
v.o.a.
00:53:30
Social media reporter thank you Andrew
thanks very much Sonny And that wraps up the
00:53:35
August 23rd edition of the sunny side of
sports thanks to Voice of America producer
00:53:42
Bill work injure Thanks also to v.o.a.
00:53:46
Engineer Cornelius tenor.
Dan thank you for tuning in
00:53:53
the always sunny Young in Washington
and that's the sunny side of sports.
00:54:01
I get it.
00:54:15
Next an editorial reflecting the views of
the United States government the fan an
00:54:21
early warning systems
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00:54:25
Government funded provider of information
and analysis on food insecurity is
00:54:29
signaling that the hunger and. Nutrition
situation in Southeastern Ethiopia is
00:54:34
deteriorating with numerous households in
the drought ridden Somali regional state
00:54:39
already experiencing severe food
insecurity Likewise in Kenya although the
00:54:45
situation is not as dire insufficient March
to May rainfall has left people living
00:54:50
in the country's arid and semi arid regions
at risk of crisis level food insecurity
00:54:56
in the near future in 2011 the Horn of
Africa suffered one of the worst droughts on
00:55:01
record the next few years saw sub par
rainfall which means that the hardest hit
00:55:06
regions did not have the chance to recover
either for growing grain or replenishing
00:55:11
pasturage Then came the 20152016
season and the abnormally warm El Nino
00:55:18
phase of the global weather pattern as
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a result the most fragile regions in the
arid Horn of Africa once again saw the
00:55:25
deterioration of Agricultural and livestock
production rising food prices and
00:55:31
a future wrought with hunger malnutrition
and resulting diseases today 7800000
00:55:38
Ethiopians are suffering acute food
insecurity as are 2600000 Kenyans that is
00:55:44
why the United States and now nst in early
August that it will deliver more than
00:55:49
$169000000.00 worth of humanitarian aid
for Ethiopia and Kenya in doing so the
00:55:56
United States is scaling up emergency food
assistance the funds will provide such
00:56:00
necessities as specialized nutrition
supplies to treat malnourished children safe
00:56:06
drinking water and essential health
services in Ethiopia this is the since will
00:56:11
provide food aid for about 3000000 people
in addition to aid for Kenyans affected
00:56:16
by the drought the United States is also
providing support for refugees in Kenya
00:56:21
who have fled drought and conflict
in their own countries it is not
00:56:25
a famine but it is rising up to the levels
of getting close to famine said Matt
00:56:29
Nim's acting director. A
Food for Peace at the u.s.
00:56:33
Agency for International Development or us.
That is why we want to act now so that
00:56:39
we're not into that stage. Tauriel
reflecting the views of the United
00:56:46
States government.
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President Donald Trump who was rightly
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Condemn the racist Biola Benson demonstrations
Trump revved up supporters Tuesday
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of Santa aid agencies are warning that
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thousands of Iraqi civilians trapped in
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Afar faced great danger as they try to
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enter this or Rocky city since Islamic
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however the agencies estimate the city's
pre-contract population stands at around
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200000 the United Nations reports more
than 30000 people have fled Tal Afar
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district since April with thousands more
remaining behind un refugee spokesman
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Andrea my head Church says people leaving
telephone are walking long distances to
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reach safety without food or water at times
up to 20 hours and in scorching heat
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may head to warns Iraqi civilians inside
Tal Afar are likely to be held as human
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plotting deadly terrorist attacks against
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tonight Angolans cast ballots when the
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1st election. In decades that doesn't
include long term president has
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a Eduardo to shun to push the ruling party
is widely projected to maintain power
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but some voters have made clear that they
are casting ballots for change that's be
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a ways and he took
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a little reporting from the one Details
next Also there's more concern today about
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the health of the Nigerian president Mohamed
Jubal Hari we'll have these stories
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and much more ahead on
Africa news tonight.
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Our top story Angolans cast ballots today
in the 1st election in decades that
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doesn't include longtime president Josey
Eduardo do Santos the ruling party as
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widely projected to maintain power but some
voters have made clear they are casting
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ballots for change the always a need
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a power reports from Lawanda on Wednesday
angle is retiring president did something
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he hasn't done in decades he voted for
someone else just after 9 am local time
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president has a Eduardo to
Shanteau shuffled slowly into
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a side entrance of the
wonders polling station 1047
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a law school named after the nation's
1st President Bush took the reins after
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Augustine yetto died in 1979 after the
shunters cast his ballot he and his
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entourage slowly walked out he did not
speak to the press and ignored question
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about whom he voted for but to Chontosh
previously made his choice clear.
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I am here he told this massive crowd
during the final pre-election rally of the
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ruling People's Movement for the liberation
of Angola to support our candidate and
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it's likely his chosen successor defense
ministers or Enzo will prevail the m.p.l.
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Is predicted to win this legislative election
its top candidate Lorenzo would then
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become president the next
president will inherit
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a country dependent on oil import. It's
and beset by high unemployment and
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inflation so dire that the black market
exchange rate for dollars is double the
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official rate. Has repeatedly been accused
of flagrant corruption and his children
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run several powerful state enterprises
Meanwhile the majority of Angolans live in
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poverty without basic services anger of
this inequality propelled Angolans to
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action including 42 year old s.
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But on sufferance the school
Domingo's was an open letter. That
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a signal for today is my 1st time voting
because I was never interested in voting
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and I never knew the value of voting she
said and today I voted for change I voted
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for change because everybody says that we
have to vote for change we have to vote
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for change and let's see as time goes by
if our lives change because we don't see
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any change and we are suffering others
like 62 year old Maria Bob and Shura were
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more optimistic as they cast
their ballot. Many years but
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a bit but I think there are better prospects
she said adding it seems that there
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will be more transparency voters say they're
also seeking an end to the high levels
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of perceived corruption 65 year old Adolphus
condemned the doe Chontosh family's
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lavish lifestyle. In years was
going to well get his son bought
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a $5000.00 watch in London he said and those
of us who fought for the country what
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do we have nothing. The 6 political parties
have discussed the economy at length
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with Lorenzo promising to diversify the
economy and the leading opposition you need
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to party pledging to crack down on corruption
and welcome foreign investment from
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any angle and however this lecture is also
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a novel opportunity to do with the
president it boat for someone new so.
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It is an ambitious selection said 55 year
old. Adding that he is honored to vote in
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his country officials have said Results are
expected the day after the election and
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here Paul vi news Wanda and.
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Kenyan election officials have submitted
about $54000.00 documents to the Supreme
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Court saying the country will know
the whole truth about the August 8th
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presidential election Reuters reports the
independent electorate and Boundaries
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Commission was responding to
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a legal challenge to the results by an
opposition coalition the court will hold
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a pretrial hearing Saturday to lay out
how the case will proceed the court has
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until the end of the month to decide whether
the elections what free and fair the
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opposition wants that
is overturned and for
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a new election to be held if the court
rejects their appeal President Kenyatta will
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be sworn in for another
term on September 12th.
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There is more concern today about the
health of Nigerian president Mohamed Juba
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Hari a.f.p.
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Reports Bihari cancel today's weekly
cabinet meeting it would have been his 1st
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such meeting after returning to Nigeria
Saturday he had spent more than 100 days in
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London for treatment of an undisclosed
medical condition yesterday it was announced
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that President Bush Hari would work from
home. Because his office had been infested
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with rodents join his absence.
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Egypt's president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has
met with an American delegation shortly
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after Egypt's foreign ministry canceled
its meeting with the group the Associated
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Press says the foreign ministry move is
seen as criticism for Trump administration
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decision to cut or delay hundreds of
millions of dollars in aid over human rights
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issues it described the decision as
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a misjudgment of the nature of the strategic
relations that have been on the 2
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countries for decades the u.s.
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Delegation is led by Trump's son
in law Jared cushion or who is
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a close adviser to the president cushion
or has been given the job of trying to
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revive Israeli Palestinian peace
talks Egypt receives about one and
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a half 1000000000 dollars in military
and economic aid from the u.s.
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Annually.
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At least half
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a dozen schools and cameras English speaking
regions have been bombed in the past
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week it is the latest sign of deepening
tensions as the strike in those regions
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enters its 10th month Moki Edwin Kenza
gov aport from now on Day country not.
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Speaking. Have thanked its
calls for the creation of
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a self defense believe that. Karen and
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I get in the mend after that school
comprehensive high school was set up
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a place. Some said it is no
longer safe for that ship. The
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burnings have continued residents say
schools are being targeted for failing to
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respect the call to strike until all angle
for an activist released from detention
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messages 2nd letting on social media this
month's have called for businesses to
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close 3 out of every 5 working
days we're frightened on is
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a government official in charge of basic
education for the North West the forces of
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no cannot be. There for good instead we
have been thanks them to form vigilante
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groups in this group so they tend to seek
you'll do business with us and in places
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when you can afford it in light of the place
some of these things happen because of
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. You lot of ensconcing markets and
government buildings have also been targeted
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this year and they were also west and south
west no one has claimed responsibility
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the government has condemned the vandalism
and blamed it on many times separatist
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groups come room government spokesperson
is such a rumor told v.o.a.
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Police discovered
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a cache of weapons and of bomb making
factory in then also western town of Bangui
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and that this month. He said 7
people were arrested including
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a camera man bong Badger national who had
smoking its way into the country through
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Nigeria he admitted to be
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a member of the Zune here and
the leader of the armed wing
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of the liberation movement of some of the
committee room I'm buzz only on is the
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name proposed by separatist activist for
the nation that would create at least 60
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people are arrested in connection with
this strike has been answering charges of
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attempting to destabilize the country and
cost votes before immediately caught in
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the capital
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a black and white video released online
in early August of 12 strike detainees in
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what appears to be
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a dark underground Prince and has for
that raised tensions. The government has
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declined to comment on the video but the
footage has been shared white the on
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social media in Cameroon in it this
speaker has compared the conditions of
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detention to concentration comes but said
they will gladly die if need be for the
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cause of independence for the 2 on the
phone regions this statement shows the
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separatist agenda has echoed lives original
strike as demands calls for the farm by
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anger phone teachers and lawyers to
address what they said was they have
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a bearing use of the French in the nation's
education and legal systems Cameroon is
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officially
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a bilingual country with anger phones about
20 percent of the country's 23000000
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inhabitants valent strike related
unrest in December couple imagine
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separatist rhetoric prompted
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a government crackdown strike leaders then
broke off dialogue with the government
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to resolve the crisis until all those
arrested are released. If I'm on long make up
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from the north west of region Paulina's
Joya says that luck is needed to come up
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with
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a lot of us of something. Special
wonderful coming. Last something
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file dialog can call sick children
dialogue that's all the thing about the.
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President's part b.s.
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Announced some reforms in
response to the strike like
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a new common law section of the Supreme
Court but I said it would engage in no
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dialogue that threatens
national unity Malky. For v
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o
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n news Yeah I wonder. Chad has
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ordered Carter's embassy in Jimmy now
closed accusing Qatar of trying to take to
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destabilize the country they appear reports
the embassy staff has been given 10
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days to leave the country Chad Mauritania
and Senegal old wood drew their
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ambassadors from Carter in June they
accused the Doha government of supporting
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extremist groups.
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You're listening to Africa news tonight
live on the following frequencies 155806080
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America I'm Kim Lewis in Washington.
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17 past the hour here's
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a recap of our top stories in their 1st
election in decades on Golden's cast the
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ballots today to elect
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a new president there's more concern today
about the health of Nigerian president
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Mohammad Dubow Hadi and dozens of schools
in Cameroon to English speaking region
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suburban as tensions in those areas grow
and for more news and information visit
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our website at v.o.a.
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Africa dot com. At least 8
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people are reported dead and dozens injured
in Guinea after heavy rains caused
00:17:35
a giant pile of rubbish to collapse
and sweep over 3 nearby homes a.f.p.
00:17:40
Reports the landslide of trash happened
on the outskirts of Conakry and Hamdullah
00:17:45
after
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a week of heavy rains officials say many
people remained buried as rescue workers
00:17:51
continue to dig. In said
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audio on aid workers are offering psychological
support to survivors of last week's
00:18:03
a much slide in Freetown more than $500.00
people were killed including more than
00:18:08
$100.00 children the death toll is
expected to write since hundreds of people
00:18:13
remain missing but only to a coach
Unicef official James Craig a saying
00:18:18
a lot of children who
survived have been through
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a very traumatic experience and not a c.v.
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Psycho social support heavy rains caused
part of Mt Sugarloaf to give away on
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August 14th and the middle of the night
at least 3000 people are homeless most of
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the deaths and damage occurred in
Freetown at Regent neighborhood.
00:18:45
Meanwhile in the d.r.
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See the death toll from last
week's. Landslide that struck
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a fishing village is expected to rise
above 200 Reuters reports the estimate is
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based on the number of homes that were
buried heavy rains triggered the landslide
00:19:00
that swept over the village of Torah
in it Tory province in north eastern d
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r c The acting governor of the province
believes mostly adults were killed because
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it was a fisherman's camp he says
most of the victims children were in
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a nearby village when
the tragedy occurred.
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As many as 200 migrants were involved in
5 mass brawls near the northern French
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court city of color
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a this week French authorities say the
violence occurred between Afghans Ethiopians
00:19:33
and Eritreans who used to sticks and iron
bars against each other $21.00 migrants
00:19:40
and 6 riot police were injured the
violence is part of escalating tension and
00:19:45
France and other European countries as
migrants and refugees fear their welcome mat
00:19:50
is slowly being pulled from under them
reporter Catherine Field is following this
00:19:55
story as well as other my current developments
and provides us with updates. It's
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being 2 days this week we have had very
large clashes between sometimes several 100
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migrants most of them seem to have been on
with clubs or batons against Ethiopians
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in
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a trance and generally seems to always have
come about when it's been areas around
00:20:16
the distribution of food this is been
00:20:18
a big problem in the Kelly region since
they closed down the so-called Kelly jungle
00:20:24
and up to 2016 there's been no one place
no regular place for these migrants to go
00:20:30
for food or even just the showers
also get water so you've got
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a lot of tensions there that as one sort
of soup kitchen or food distribution point
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I can tell you people will crowd it
because they don't know if they do with
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tomorrow or if it will even be able to stay
there to distribute the food so there's
00:20:47
a lot of tension the police have
arrested 5 people who lay believe on the
00:20:52
ringleaders but sadly it's just another
indication of how there is this dreadful
00:20:56
feeling among the migrants who then said
Let's see this and the welcome mat really
00:21:01
isn't out for them in Europe anymore so
at this point then what do you think will
00:21:05
be the next step for them it's very
difficult for them because on the one hand
00:21:11
you've got the European Union who's trying
to get all the countries across Europe
00:21:15
to taken some migrants have done a sort of
00:21:18
a round robin letter to all the countries
saying look tell us how many you can take
00:21:22
and we will compensate you for each My
could you take but no whole European
00:21:26
countries are prepared to take in
migrants particularly some of the Eastern
00:21:31
European countries the very opposed to
this here in France there are tens of
00:21:35
thousands of migrants sort of floating
around some of them being housed in schools
00:21:41
and gymnasiums and university complexes and
their paperwork is chugging through but
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the problem is going to come when the 1st
because the temple when everyone goes
00:21:50
back to school universities will reopen
after the summer break primary schools high
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schools will reopen and they've all said
they want their properties back so there.
00:22:00
French government within the next week 10
days they've got to find new places to
00:22:04
house tens of thousands of migrants all
within that period of time process their
00:22:09
application for asylum does this include
the $7000.00 migrants that were at the
00:22:15
camp and that were removed and this is
being the big problem those 7000 that were
00:22:21
moved in October 2016 they're complaining
that their paperwork isn't going through
00:22:27
we're getting the same complaint from the
more than $10000.00 that have been moved
00:22:32
out of the Northern Tyrus of the law Schapelle
where they have been gathering over
00:22:36
the last year that so many have been taken
in to some sort of shelter but they keep
00:22:41
saying the paperwork isn't being processed
so they coming back to Paris and say
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well we might as well stick with our friends
or just sort of coal league or even
00:22:50
people traffickers to find out is there
some way of either getting to Germany or to
00:22:54
get into the United Kingdom I
understand that you recently visited
00:22:58
a soup kitchen what was it like what were
the migrants saying there there's not
00:23:02
really just to now because they just how
much longer people are still going to be
00:23:08
giving out food they don't know how much
time before police will just round them up
00:23:12
and put them somewhere no one knows where
they will go from where to go back to
00:23:16
Afghanistan and
00:23:18
a coming back to Europe because it's just
not safe things are going well for the
00:23:22
and they've got to find
00:23:23
a place to get their head down before the
whole situation the whole attitude to
00:23:28
migrants needing help in Europe
whether it be to get help with
00:23:32
a new life here or to help get them
resettled back home as the French president
00:23:37
Emmanuel McElhone has said send them back
Sorry but also send them back home with
00:23:42
some sort of job possibility job training
something back home for them. That was
00:23:47
reporter Catherine fields
speaking to us from Paris.
00:23:55
In South Africa controversial online
auction got underway today to sell
00:24:00
a rhino horn. Reports the horns
will be sold over the next 3 days
00:24:06
a move that conservationists say will only
encourage poaching the horns come from
00:24:12
the world's largest I know farm north of
Johannesburg where 1500 of the animals
00:24:18
live on Org owner John Hume wants
to sell 264 horns weighing 500
00:24:24
kilograms of the more than 6 tons so for
an old horns he has stockpiled he says he
00:24:31
removes the horns after tranquilizing
the animals saying it is
00:24:35
a humane and keeps poachers away and the
Humane Society is calling on the South
00:24:41
African government not to issue
permits to potential horn buyers.
00:24:50
U.s.
00:24:51
President Donald Trump blame the media for
much of the controversy surrounding his
00:24:55
presidency in
00:24:57
a speech to supporters in Phoenix Arizona
last night Michael Sullivan reports that
00:25:01
the president also reaffirmed his
political agenda after visiting u.s.
00:25:06
Marines and Customs and Border Protection
agents in the border town of Yuma
00:25:12
truffles in campaign mode in Phoenix this
evening joined together with friends we
00:25:19
reaffirm our shared customs traditions
and values. Trump has been widely
00:25:25
criticized for saying many sides were to
blame for the hatred and violence after
00:25:31
a white supremacist in Charlottesville
Virginia rammed his car into
00:25:35
a crowd of counter protesters
on August 12th the man killed
00:25:39
a woman and injured 1000 other people
tropics the media of so much to report
00:25:46
just like they don't want to report. That
I spoke out forcefully against hatred
00:25:53
bigotry and violence and strongly condemn
the neo nazis the white supremacist and
00:25:59
the k.k.k.
00:26:01
His comments after the Charlottesville
sparked protests and other who I should say
00:26:05
the protestors were on the streets in
Phoenix Tuesday night America's got nothing
00:26:10
done only wants to do was click his
political opponents and Pastor
00:26:17
Mike
00:26:18
a proud we're still trump supporters were
also on the street I support the right to
00:26:24
free speech I support our president everything
he saw support our constitution and
00:26:30
that's why my head is Trump threatened
00:26:32
a government shutdown if Congress doesn't
fund the border wall and said his tough
00:26:37
talk on North Korea is affected
by Michael Sullivan v.o.a.
00:26:42
News Los Angeles. And that wraps up this
00:26:49
edition of Africa news tonight Tom you he's
who he's been in Washington and I'm Jim
00:26:54
Lewis and for all the latest developments
on the continent 24 seventh's visit our
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00:27:15
For another edition of Africa news tonight
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00:27:45
This is sure to close those 3
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00:27:57
medical care should this be an acceptable
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00:28:02
straight talk Africa. Tune in to one
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Right here. In the upper
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Sporty Green Day to all our Voice of
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00:29:24
Young in Washington thanks for tuning
in this evening well. The sunny
00:29:31
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00:29:42
Friends we can all this into the sunny side
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Sports right here on The Voice of America.
00:30:01
And. It's been
00:30:08
a roller coaster of
00:30:09
a day for us trading week.
And on this special
00:30:16
m.j. Who have been such
00:30:17
a big part of our team and our success in
our company culture as leaders of arcade
00:30:23
very very difficult at the same time
00:30:26
a very exciting time for one of the
players in the league going to be
00:30:30
a champion champion turned off far and
how many issues ahead of him just
00:30:37
25 years old looking forward to the
opportunity to working with. And getting in
00:30:43
here at the c.n.n.
00:30:44
Help to get it for him that's Danny Ainge
president of basketball operations for
00:30:49
the Boston Celtics talking about his club's
big trade with the Cleveland Cavaliers
00:30:56
as Ainge said the Celtics dealt all star
point guard Isaiah Thomas forward Jake
00:31:02
Crowder and Croatian center on tazes it's
to the Cavaliers to get another all star
00:31:09
point guard Kyrie Irving Kyrie requested
00:31:13
a trade last month in addition
the Celtics also gave up
00:31:18
a 1st round pick in the 2018 n.b.a.
00:31:21
Draft to acquire Kyrie
Irving the 2012 n.b.a.
00:31:27
Rookie of the year and
a 4 time all star in
00:31:31
a teleconference with basketball writers
and reporters and Ainge talked about the
00:31:37
timeline involved in making the tour
00:31:39
a it presented itself and what if bailable
earlier cover the same opportunity.
00:31:47
To very difficult decisions as you could
imagine. We face these difficult decisions
00:31:52
but all kinds during the year you never
know when the being made present itself but
00:31:56
it up Ok to be her president help you
to know it is a high price tag Here's
00:32:01
a great value we're giving you we love
life and love your counter and we're just
00:32:07
getting to know one piece is it your We've
watched nurtured over the last year and
00:32:12
given up a quality 1st round but you know
acquiring a 25 year old pretty off guard
00:32:18
a player for her kind of
life for our Here here's
00:32:22
a fantastic up the players money that's
helping the players in the leak you have to
00:32:26
pay a heavy price as Danny Ainge says
that heavy price includes giving up
00:32:32
a player he loves Isaiah Thomas you know
I think had just been an amazing season
00:32:39
this year you know came to us all that
well if you bought and everybody fell in
00:32:42
love with him you know you mentioned underdog
because of the size and his heart it
00:32:48
appeared with the plays and it was very
challenging to make Danny Ainge in the
00:32:55
Celtics lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers 4
games to one less than 3 months ago in
00:33:02
the N.B.A.'s Eastern Conference Finals
the Cavaliers then went on to the n.b.a.
00:33:07
Finals where they lost 4 games to one to
the Golden State Warriors the new look
00:33:13
Celtics then the new look Cavaliers will
renew their rivalry on October 17th in
00:33:20
Cleveland where the Cavs will host the
Celtics in the season opener for both clubs
00:33:27
it should be fun watching Kyrie Irving and
Isaiah Thomas play against each other
00:33:33
but this time around in new uniform.
00:33:42
That.
00:33:50
This is your memory I'm from Africa I'm not
your kills thousands of children every
00:33:57
day don't let your child be warm up
there mad sure this sleep on the most
00:34:02
rudimentary heating mom is like when her
boss careful you need to get to the net.
00:34:14
You know what else I would do that somebody
wants to. Know the face they start
00:34:21
fighting and I think you know I
think it's number 50 but that's
00:34:25
a great that's. Something. That's Floyd
Mayweather happy for the fans and
00:34:31
thanking the fans outside t.
00:34:34
Mobile arena in Las Vegas Nevada that's
where the unbeaten 40 year old Mayweather
00:34:41
will take on Irish mixed martial arts
specialist Conor McGregor on Saturday night
00:34:48
in Perth PAP's the year's biggest fight
critics have called Mayweather versus
00:34:53
McGregor more spectacle than an actual
boxing match Mayweather one of the greatest
00:35:00
boxers of all time has also been called
perhaps the best de fence of fighter of all
00:35:07
time some are wondering whether
Conor McGregor can even land
00:35:12
a clean punch in his Pro Boxing Day bew
McGregor doesn't seem fazed though
00:35:19
he told the fans outside t.
00:35:21
Mobile arena that he'll take out Mayweather
quickly I believe to be unconscious
00:35:27
inside one round of inflation
my haul and life so just in
00:35:32
a day for me and another day and I definitely
have already built one of the books
00:35:36
the faces above and I will Panetta I
always 26 on or McGregor has adjusted his
00:35:42
training to prepare for his 1st official
pro boxing bout McGregor is used to
00:35:48
55 minute. Rounds and mixed martial arts
fights or 25 minutes total on Saturday
00:35:54
night in Las Vegas McGregor must be
prepared to box 123 minute rounds
00:36:01
36 total minutes only 2 of
McGregor's $24.00 m.m.a.
00:36:06
Fights have lasted beyond the 2nd round
and only one has gone the full 5
00:36:13
so McGregor has focused
00:36:15
a lot of his training on conditioning
sparring up to 12 full rounds at
00:36:21
a time in McGregor's words I
feel absolutely amazing we are
00:36:27
prepared for every possible outcome. For
his part Floyd Mayweather last fought
00:36:34
almost 2 years ago
00:36:37
a 12 round unanimous decision victory
against Andre Baird to go Mayweather versus
00:36:43
McGregor Saturday night in Las Vegas.
00:37:14
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00:38:57
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00:39:04
shows me and my late great colleague hot
rod Thomas sitting at our dining table in
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the capital Accra getting ready to partake
of some smoked backed Yes indeed eat it
00:39:17
up smoke back and the other shows some guy
name and youth soccer players holding
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a sunny side
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a sports banner in Kumasi friends we can
all this into the sunny side of sports Yes
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my friends. That run I mean.
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That.
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I mean that family.
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From the classics of
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22 years ago the South African
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something very different motor sport the
30 year old Lund's has since broken
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barriers in
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a chain of success competing in
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assaulted at this racetrack welded
to decades ago when she was offered
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a chance to drive
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a caught I think you could have walked
faster than what I try if I were in that but
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somehow that bag fits in our 2nd I actually
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were much less schools
racing. Blood says her
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father
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a formal salute called racer forced her to
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if you don't drive left of them right of
them over them under them or whatever you
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need to do to get past we're going
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00:43:04
a thing that's bad she says was
to drive but the expressiveness.
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Footage of
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a cover on board Fabio bloodstains $125.00
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back in Florida if you'd like to state
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a decimal cotton circuits I've been labeled
the fast girl from the south. And I do
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my annual return that will finals and
things like that when they see me they're
00:43:41
like yeah she's here but she's
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a crazy one that's cool despite floods has
take no prisoners driving style she says
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she's had only one of the beta crash I got
mine from behind and I rolled over the
00:43:54
guy in front of me and I landed on my hand
and damaged my finger logs is used to
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race a group the globe and she has
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a few special places to drive it I think
my most favorite one would be Belgium I
00:44:08
really like the country the track the food
everything was really nice the people
00:44:14
are awesome Italy is another one because
their competition is really stiff there
00:44:19
and on only or is Monaco in race where the
most competition is because to be the
00:44:23
best you have to beat the paste eager to
give back to the sport logs has opened up
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trades youngsters. To raise costs SAGAL So
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drawbar they've experienced of the
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a broken raft fell out of my cars and other
rights just the right cost me I just
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rolled into the tie it in my car brought
his friend Josh Lou isn't to be out Doug
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my friend Dame Kay responded there knowing
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practice she says everywhere she goes
people also how she feels without the reply
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if you go to school but
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Thanks Ray and keep counting them down
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buddy joining us once again on the sunny
side as sports as Andrew Powell cesky the
00:47:00
Vo ways social media reporter sporty Greetings
Andrew sporty reading Sunny going to
00:47:05
be here with you welcome back Andrew what's
trending on this Wednesday Well the big
00:47:10
talk you mentioned earlier in the show the
big trade sending Isaiah Thomas from the
00:47:15
Boston Celtics to the Cleveland Cavaliers
sitting Kyrie Irving from the Cavs up to
00:47:20
Boston lots of player reaction on social
media Dwight Howard called it the hash tag
00:47:26
game changer deal this is giving him the
do that many people say it deserves to win
00:47:31
wait I like what he tweeted out
it was just to him oh gee have
00:47:34
a set of bulging eyes like can you believe
what we're seeing here look at this but
00:47:38
the question on many people's minds on
social media what does Le Bron James think
00:47:43
of this because of course Le Bron James
and Kyrie Irving have had a little bit of
00:47:46
a back and forth between those 2 Well
Le Bron reach we had a video where
00:47:50
a Cleveland fan has Kyrie Irving his jersey
on the ground it looks like he's about
00:47:56
to drop
00:47:56
a match on the Jersey to set it on fire
as we've seen before when players get
00:48:00
traded fans get upset they like the
jerseys on fire but instead of dropping
00:48:04
a match Sunny he drops
00:48:05
a piece of paper that says thank you so
much little bit of deception in this video
00:48:10
Kristie but it seems to be the sentiment
from Cleveland fans are very happy of
00:48:14
course Kyrie helped to get them that
championship with Le Bron So this video said
00:48:18
thank you very much Le Bron retreated this
video and he said that's the only way to
00:48:22
be to the kid special talent slash
guy nothing but respect and what
00:48:27
a ride it was our 3 years together so despite
that animosity that we. Talked about
00:48:32
Le Bron is wishing him nothing but the
best as he moves on to Boston maybe he's
00:48:35
happy to see him go then you know why but
00:48:38
a lot of people pointing out Le Bron could
not have won the championship alone
00:48:42
Kyrie certainly played a
role so I think Le Bron owes
00:48:45
a debt of gratitude to Kyrie Irving there
and as we talk about this trade all the
00:48:49
winners of which there are
many both sides seem to get
00:48:52
a pretty good deal out of this trade
there is one big loser n.b.a.
00:48:57
2 k 18 the video game they just released
their cover earlier this month featuring
00:49:03
Kyrie Irving in his Cleveland Cavaliers
uniform on the cover of that video game so
00:49:08
that makes him the big loser
in the straights only about
00:49:10
a month until that video game is officially
released so fans are saying is it too
00:49:13
late to change it you might
want to swap that out for
00:49:15
a Celtics uniform note Sunny this is not
the 1st time this has happened though
00:49:19
football Great Britain far appeared on the
cover of Madden football game in 2009
00:49:24
wearing
00:49:24
a Green Bay Packer Jersey right before he
was traded to the New York Jets so this
00:49:29
has happened before in that
case they actually sent out
00:49:31
a downloadable link you could print out
00:49:33
a new cover I don't know if they're
going to do that for this n.b.a.
00:49:36
2 k 2. And Andrew our view
00:49:39
a basketball fan should mark their calendars
for October 17th when the Cleveland
00:49:44
Cavaliers host none other than the Boston
Celtics in the season opening game for
00:49:51
both clubs that should be
00:49:53
a lot of attention surrounding that you
know they'll be some trending hashtags
00:49:56
around that are sure what else is trending
Andrew Well we talked about this big
00:50:00
n.b.a. Trade there was
00:50:02
a big trade that didn't happen with the
Barcelona Barcelona announced on their
00:50:07
Twitter and Facebook that they had
acquired and held to Maria from Paris and
00:50:11
Jermaine The only problem with this Sunny
was that the messages weren't from the
00:50:14
club but they were from hackers alone and
had their accounts hacked so they quickly
00:50:20
had to issue
00:50:20
a statement saying that their accounts had
been compromised and in fact no there
00:50:24
was no trade for and held the Maria
but fans are looking at that getting
00:50:29
a lot of attention from fans and
00:50:30
a lot of people saying. Just goes to show
that you can't always believe what you
00:50:34
see on social media however these next 2
stories you can believe even though they
00:50:39
are a little out there and
we start with e.s.p.n.
00:50:43
The broadcaster here in the us and a
journalist that works for e.s.p.n.
00:50:47
Named Robert Levy covers football games
from the University of Virginia and of
00:50:52
course we've talked about the University
of Virginia in Charlottesville Virginia
00:50:55
where there's been a lot of
racial unrest here in the u.s.
00:50:58
Well yes been announced that they are pulling
Robert Lee from the games because he
00:51:01
has the same name as Robert e.
00:51:04
Lee who was the general who led the Confederate
army during the American Civil War
00:51:08
and fought to preserve slavery they said
that they didn't want Robert Lee the
00:51:13
journalist to become a
meme around Robert e.
00:51:15
Lee the Civil War general fans generally
think this is ridiculous maybe
00:51:21
overreaction on e.s.p.n.
00:51:23
Sport that's one of the big words we're
seeing overreaction some words we can't
00:51:27
publish on earth speak on air and
publish on social media e.s.p.n.
00:51:32
One person said hates racism so much that
they're punishing an Asian man for having
00:51:36
an Asian last name so their efforts try
to not be racist actually and making it
00:51:42
kind of racist so e.s.p.n.
00:51:44
Did issue
00:51:44
a statement saying that seemed like the
right decision at the time but wasn't
00:51:47
a great one but speaking of great decision
Sunny we talk about the intersection of
00:51:53
sports and social media but it went to
00:51:56
a whole new level recently when Blanik
town football club not necessarily
00:52:01
a football club that everybody would know
the name of they're playing in England's
00:52:05
f.a. Cup They had to sub in
someone in the last 10 minutes
00:52:09
a game and they looked on the bench and
who did they sub in their social media
00:52:13
manager to play against North. This
guy was actually in tweeting the game
00:52:20
live tweeting out updates
and they had put out
00:52:22
a tweet that said well we're not going to
be updating this for the next 10 minutes
00:52:26
because we have to send in our social
media manager he laced up as boots and he
00:52:28
went in did he have
00:52:29
a hash tag on his shirt. Now you did
never seem to sure but he did apparently
00:52:34
according to one article I read he was ran
into the game he saw this phone in his
00:52:37
hand they had to be reminded to leave the
phone at the bench but people saying this
00:52:41
is the dream of course when you get called
up from the bench you're just there
00:52:44
tweeting are you the equipment manager or
something and say you get in the game and
00:52:48
this is what happened for this gentleman
neg out to play in the game but
00:52:51
a pretty cool stuff getting them
00:52:53
a lot of attention on social
media Andrew we have the u.s.
00:52:56
Open beginning on August 28th
and I understand you have
00:53:00
a programming note for our v.o.a.
00:53:02
Listeners Yeah
00:53:03
a friend of the show getting Nathan of
Deadspin he and I talked about the men's and
00:53:08
women's field coming up for the u.s.
00:53:10
Open a little bit of
00:53:11
a preview some of the names to watch some
of the big names that are out of the
00:53:14
tournament and maybe some potential
wildcards that could make
00:53:18
a deep run into the tournament maybe win
the whole thing and I know you're going to
00:53:22
air that over the next couple days so I
look forward to hearing that on the show
00:53:25
tomorrow and Friday we look forward to
hearing that Andrew Andrew pal just the
00:53:30
v.o.a.
00:53:30
Social media reporter thank you Andrew
thanks very much Sonny And that wraps up the
00:53:35
August 23rd edition of the sunny side of
sports thanks to Voice of America producer
00:53:42
Bill work injure Thanks also to v.o.a.
00:53:46
Engineer Cornelius tenor.
Dan thank you for tuning in
00:53:53
the always sunny Young in Washington
and that's the sunny side of sports.
00:54:01
I get it.
00:54:15
Next an editorial reflecting the views of
the United States government the fan an
00:54:21
early warning systems
network or fuse net a u.s.
00:54:25
Government funded provider of information
and analysis on food insecurity is
00:54:29
signaling that the hunger and. Nutrition
situation in Southeastern Ethiopia is
00:54:34
deteriorating with numerous households in
the drought ridden Somali regional state
00:54:39
already experiencing severe food
insecurity Likewise in Kenya although the
00:54:45
situation is not as dire insufficient March
to May rainfall has left people living
00:54:50
in the country's arid and semi arid regions
at risk of crisis level food insecurity
00:54:56
in the near future in 2011 the Horn of
Africa suffered one of the worst droughts on
00:55:01
record the next few years saw sub par
rainfall which means that the hardest hit
00:55:06
regions did not have the chance to recover
either for growing grain or replenishing
00:55:11
pasturage Then came the 20152016
season and the abnormally warm El Nino
00:55:18
phase of the global weather pattern as
00:55:20
a result the most fragile regions in the
arid Horn of Africa once again saw the
00:55:25
deterioration of Agricultural and livestock
production rising food prices and
00:55:31
a future wrought with hunger malnutrition
and resulting diseases today 7800000
00:55:38
Ethiopians are suffering acute food
insecurity as are 2600000 Kenyans that is
00:55:44
why the United States and now nst in early
August that it will deliver more than
00:55:49
$169000000.00 worth of humanitarian aid
for Ethiopia and Kenya in doing so the
00:55:56
United States is scaling up emergency food
assistance the funds will provide such
00:56:00
necessities as specialized nutrition
supplies to treat malnourished children safe
00:56:06
drinking water and essential health
services in Ethiopia this is the since will
00:56:11
provide food aid for about 3000000 people
in addition to aid for Kenyans affected
00:56:16
by the drought the United States is also
providing support for refugees in Kenya
00:56:21
who have fled drought and conflict
in their own countries it is not
00:56:25
a famine but it is rising up to the levels
of getting close to famine said Matt
00:56:29
Nim's acting director. A
Food for Peace at the u.s.
00:56:33
Agency for International Development or us.
That is why we want to act now so that
00:56:39
we're not into that stage. Tauriel
reflecting the views of the United
00:56:46
States government.
00:57:19
On the next street talk Africa will discuss
why ailing African leaders often travel
00:57:24
abroad for their medical care should this
be an acceptable practice will delve into
00:57:29
the issue on straight talk Africa.
00:57:38
Africa what's going on what's happening
out for God This is. Right here in
00:57:43
Washington d.c.
00:57:45
And I'm not yes Sammy thanks for joining
us we'd love to have you on board this up
00:57:49
front on the Voice of America.
That it makes your day don't
00:57:56
move don't move that dial get you snacks
get your cup of tea you your cup of coffee
00:58:00
put your feet up front. Thinking.
00:58:09
With money. Like the problem is
that once the funds are sent to the
00:58:16
developing countries it sometimes gets in
the wrong hands and then it's the actual
00:58:20
people that are supposed to be benefiting
from the front really never even get to
00:58:23
see what does this mean for the local
culture is it being threatened should your
00:58:27
parents be worried this is up front of the
Voice of America and fall in. On my hand
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. And remember you can
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Breaks. It.
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Monday through Friday at 345 and 6. 5
00:59:03
minutes. Of
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information. I am. From Washington this is
00:59:17
real wait here. I am I
00:59:24
remember reporting the United Nations
takes on racism in the United States
00:59:29
a un Committee has issued an appeal to
the United States to repudiate racially
00:59:34
motivated crimes and hate speech following
the recent deadly white supremacist
00:59:39
rally in the city of Charlottesville
Virginia and warned that
00:59:42
a failure to do so could
spark more violence
00:59:45
a statement Wednesday by the Committee on
the elimination of racial discrimination
00:59:49
5 it cited the fan of year at the highest
political level to unequivocal reject
00:59:54
racist by men events in the u.s.
00:59:56
On it the panel of rights experts highlight
their concern of the horrific events
01:00:01
and overly racist slogans chance and salutes
of white supremacist groups who were
01:00:06
at a rally on the 11th 12th
of August and to stage
01:00:11
a quickly is chairperson of the
committee on the elimination of racial
01:00:14
discrimination if those things
are not just a cunt and on
01:00:18
a plate dictate the highest
level that there is
01:00:21
a possibility does others can get the idea
that they are appropriate and say they
01:00:26
are content to preach is if not control
and at least will not be rejected the
01:00:32
statement did not mention u.s.
01:00:34
President Donald Trump who was rightly
widely criticized for Blamey both sides for
01:00:39
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